Haskell Indian Nations University

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Auditorium (2017)

Haskell Indian Nations University ( hinu ) is a public American University in Lawrence , in the state of Kansas , the only members of officially recognized Indian tribes is accessible. The college was named after Dudley C. Haskell , from 1877 to 1883 MP for Kansas in the United States House of Representatives , from 1891 to 1893 Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs .

history

The facility was founded in 1884 as the United States Indian Industrial Training School as a school and boarding school for Indian children who were to be weaned from their culture. Most of the children were taken from their families and were not allowed to speak their mother tongues or wear traditional clothing in the boarding school. Similar institutions existed in other cities, e.g. B. the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania .

In 1890 the school was renamed the Haskell Institute . The boarding school stopped forcibly recruiting and re-educating students over time, and expanded its educational offerings over the years. Since 1970, Haskell became a junior college , appropriately renamed Haskell Indian Junior College (HIJC), which offered preparatory courses for university studies. Haskell then turned itself into a university and was renamed Haskell Indian Nations University in 1993 . The university offers bachelor's degrees.

Studies and students

The Haskell Indian Nations University has an average of 1,000 students. In 1996 students from 160 Indian tribes from 36 states were represented at the university.

National Historic Landmark District

Tecumseh Hall (2017)

In 1961, 12 buildings and facilities of what was then the "Junior College" were declared a National Historic Landmark District due to the historical national significance of the Haskell Institute for the education and training of the American indigenous population . There is no direct historical connection between the buildings, rather they were selected individually based on their specific significance. No building has survived from the first construction period (1884-1894), only the Haskell Institute Cemetery still bears witness to the early history of the institute. Five preserved buildings are reminiscent of Haskell's second phase of development (1895–1915); Six buildings have been preserved from the third expansion phase from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s. The facilities listed as Landmark District are:

  1. Hiawatha Hall , built in 1898, oldest surviving building on campus, originally a sports hall and auditorium for the girls
  2. Kiva Hall , built in 1900, originally laundry, later classrooms
  3. Old Dairy , built in 1907, originally a warehouse, later a dairy
  4. Bandstand , built in 1908, bandstand
  5. Tecumseh Hall , built in 1915, originally a sports hall
  6. Athletic Field , established in 1926, sports stadium
  7. Archway , built in 1926, archway in memory of the 415 soldiers of the Haskell in World War I.
  8. Powowhattan Hall , built in 1932, originally housed the Haskell Institute employees
  9. Auditorium , built in 1933, assembly hall
  10. Pushmataha Hall , built in 1929, administration building
  11. Pocahontas Hall , built in 1931, the oldest existing student dormitory, the student residence
  12. Indian Cemetery , old campus cemetery, the grave inscriptions record the names, the tribe and the date of birth and death of the deceased, oldest tombstone from 1885, youngest from 1913

literature

  • Bartholomew Dean: Indigenous Education and the Prospects for Cultural Survival . In: Cultural Survival Quarterly, April 27, 2003 ( online ; accessed October 23, 2018).
  • Bob Martin: Haskell: Its History and Its Future . In: The Brown Quarterly, Volume 1, No. 2 (Winter 1996) ( online ; accessed October 23, 2018).

Web links

  • haskell.edu , website of the Haskell Indian Nations University

Remarks

  1. ↑ on the various historical names of the school and the history of the school in general, see Haskell Indian Nations University: School History ; accessed October 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ cf. Barhomolew Dean, Indigenous Education , 2003; accessed October 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ About Haskell Indian Nations University , Haskell website; accessed October 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ About Haskell Indian Nations University , Haskell website; accessed October 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ cf. Bob Martin, Haskell, History and Future , 1996; accessed October 23, 2018.
  6. ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000342 ; accessed October 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kansas. National Park Service , accessed August 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ s. also National Register of Historic Places: Nomination Form, Haskell Institute ; Order of facilities and buildings as there; accessed October 23, 2018.

Coordinates: 38 ° 56 '23 "  N , 95 ° 13' 58"  W.